Best Classes/Class Tiers

[Leonhart]

So I'm starting to get into this game, and thus far I've only been playing demolitionist. I've enjoyed the class, but I was recently told that it's trash-tier. Is this accurate? Does anyone have a good idea of what the current tier list is? It'd probably be best to know this before I get to invested in demo (lvl 8 currently).

[[SpeC]vanle3]

My personal list would look like this:

Zerker, Medic, Demo and SWAT in the first tier. All of them can easily take care of every type of zed in the game.
Gunslinger, Commando, Support and Sharpshooter would be my 2nd tier. They are all able to hold their own against every type of zed but require more skill or work to get equal results to the first group.
Firebug is currently in its own group of bad. It's playable, you can do well with it and make it work but you'll have a far easier time with the other perks.

And even though I have reached 25 on survivalist I still don't feel like giving much of an opinion on it. Hard to group it with dedicated perks but I'd rather play it than firebug, that's for sure.

[abugaj]

LMAO Demo is not a trash tier. Yes it can kill trash mobs but its main use is to kill the fleshpounds. Swat, Commando, and Firebug are the main trash killers.

Demo isn't very good when zeds are up close to you. So, If you like to be able to defend yourself up close then this isn't the perk for you.

[Leonhart]

Ah, tyvm for the info, glad to hear I haven't been wasting my time. I tend to like staying at range in these sorts of games, so being unable to defend myself up close isn't too much of a downside for me.

[abugaj]

Originally posted by Leonhart:

Ah, tyvm for the info, glad to hear I haven't been wasting my time. I tend to like staying at range in these sorts of games, so being unable to defend myself up close isn't too much of a downside for me.

The starting demo pistol is a surprisingly good weapon for defending yourself upclose but most loadouts will consist of rpg and nade launcher. The machine gun for demo is good but lacks ammo needs a bit of a buff 210 rounds is meh.

[xxSiNeDxx]

SWAT for everything, good damage, up to 3 swat guns, tons of ammo, and interesting perks and bonus...
Just don't use FIREBUG...it is useless right now, not even for trash at 25...

[Flodge]

For trash mobs it's basically firebug, SWAT and commando as kings of the hill whilst demos and sharpshooters specialise in despatching medium and big zeds. Survivalists, supports, gunslingers and zerkers can kill anything with reasonable efficiency.


There's a lot of grey area affected by weapon choice though, sharpie with M14 is an incredible trash clearer but not quite upto SWAT/commando level because of smaller magazines whilst a demo can absolutely wreck trash at range but gets in trouble if he gets swarmed too close for his explosives to arm (or self damage himself). Likewise even the trash killers can just about solo the big zeds but it needs alot of their ammo and they're more likely to take damage doing it.

[abugaj]

Zerk like the first KF is still the king of all perks though.

[4tee]

u just started to play the game, and seems like u would stick with just a few classes, demo is fun and skillfull to play, u will find that in higher difficulties, well even though they r dumbed down. m79 has a large explosive radius, decent dmg and plenty of ammo so its good for trash, while rpg u should focus more on direct hit on big zeds, feel free to use both of the weapons as combo tho, and yr nades can stun on direct impact. The 2nd class i would recommend to play and play more is the gunslinger, he has both trash clean ability and big zeds take down power, its the highest dps and best headshot class right now, and u know what, in fact its the best perk atm(zerk doesnt count). so i highly recommend u start to try gs if u r looking to switch a class to play, it will also help u improve yr aim.

[Undefined]

They're all good. You're better off asking which is the worst. And that's Firebug. It's also the most annoying. So if you hate your teammates, pick firebug, buy a CnB and Flamethrower, and spam it in their faces.

[abugaj]

Originally posted by Rusty Shackleford:

They're all good. You're better off asking which is the worst. And that's Firebug. It's also the most annoying. So if you hate your teammates, pick firebug, buy a CnB and Flamethrower, and spam it in their faces.

Firebug is the worst by far atm luckily TW has said they are reworking it soon.

[Ominous]

Originally posted by abugaj:

Originally posted by Rusty Shackleford:

They're all good. You're better off asking which is the worst. And that's Firebug. It's also the most annoying. So if you hate your teammates, pick firebug, buy a CnB and Flamethrower, and spam it in their faces.

Firebug is the worst by far atm luckily TW has said they are reworking it soon.

imagine if it was another nerf

[Creepy]

Originally posted by UnknownGalaxy:

Originally posted by abugaj:

Firebug is the worst by far atm luckily TW has said they are reworking it soon.

imagine if it was another nerf

Its possible, Tripwire can nerf like hell

[Just Crow Stuff]

I loved the Berzerker and liked the Firebug, but it seems since the introduction of both they started really weak, were boosted to a nice powerful feel, then continually nerfed and killed away to being ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ worthless. Only two classes I ever liked, weakened to the point of not even playing. And I still play a Berserker but it does NOT feel as hard hitting or as fast as it used to. And Firebug is a total ♥♥♥♥-hole now.

[Aya]

The single most important teammate: Field Medic
Catch-22: Bersererk (You NEED someone to tank the large zeds, except his money-making skill is inconsistent due to everyone else having a gun)
High tier: Support
Mid-to-high: Demolitionist
Middle Tier: Commando, Gunslinger, SWAT, Survival
Low Tier: Sharpshooter (Weapons are powerful, but 1% headshot damage per level seems unfair compared to every other perk's 1% weapon damage per level. Also more dependent on milestone skills than Berserker)
Trash: Firebug. Stop nerfing the damage, it only encourages mindless spamming. IMHO, Firebug nerfs should come in the form of damage increases, with reduced max ammo to compensate

[CEO of Skill Issue]

Demolitionist is just boring. It's pretty easy to be Mvp with him, even in your very first game